Fern Encyclopedia

Dicksonia hieronymi (Hieronymus's Tree Fern)

Dicksonia hieronymi is a rare tree fern of the Yungas cloud forests of northwestern Argentina and southern Bolivia, named after the German pteridologist Georg Hieronymus. A member of the ancient...

Dicksonia hieronymi (Hieronymus's Tree Fern)

Dicksonia hieronymi is a rare tree fern of the Yungas cloud forests of northwestern Argentina and southern Bolivia, named after the German pteridologist Georg Hieronymus. A member of the ancient...

Dicksonia herbertii (Skirted Tree Fern)

Dicksonia herbertii, the Skirted Tree Fern, is a distinctive species of the subtropical and warm-temperate rainforests of eastern Australia, recognised by its dense skirt of persistent dead fronds that forms...

Dicksonia herbertii (Skirted Tree Fern)

Dicksonia herbertii, the Skirted Tree Fern, is a distinctive species of the subtropical and warm-temperate rainforests of eastern Australia, recognised by its dense skirt of persistent dead fronds that forms...

Dicksonia grandis (Giant Dicksonia)

Dicksonia grandis is a magnificent tree fern of the montane rainforests of Papua New Guinea and Melanesia, reaching heights of ten metres or more with a crown of massive fronds...

Dicksonia grandis (Giant Dicksonia)

Dicksonia grandis is a magnificent tree fern of the montane rainforests of Papua New Guinea and Melanesia, reaching heights of ten metres or more with a crown of massive fronds...

Dicksonia externa (Outer Island Tree Fern)

Dicksonia externa is a tree fern endemic to the Juan Fernandez Islands off the coast of Chile, the second of two Dicksonia species confined to this extraordinary oceanic archipelago. A...

Dicksonia externa (Outer Island Tree Fern)

Dicksonia externa is a tree fern endemic to the Juan Fernandez Islands off the coast of Chile, the second of two Dicksonia species confined to this extraordinary oceanic archipelago. A...

Dicksonia ceramica (Seram Tree Fern)

Dicksonia ceramica is a tree fern endemic to the island of Seram in the Maluku archipelago of eastern Indonesia, occurring in montane cloud forest above 1,000 metres in the Manusela...

Dicksonia ceramica (Seram Tree Fern)

Dicksonia ceramica is a tree fern endemic to the island of Seram in the Maluku archipelago of eastern Indonesia, occurring in montane cloud forest above 1,000 metres in the Manusela...

Dicksonia fibrosa (Kuripaka, Wheki-Ponga)

Dicksonia fibrosa, the wheki-ponga, is a distinctive New Zealand tree fern prized for its thick dark fibrous trunk mantle, broad crown of evergreen bipinnate-pinnatifid fronds, and superior frost tolerance among...

Dicksonia fibrosa (Kuripaka, Wheki-Ponga)

Dicksonia fibrosa, the wheki-ponga, is a distinctive New Zealand tree fern prized for its thick dark fibrous trunk mantle, broad crown of evergreen bipinnate-pinnatifid fronds, and superior frost tolerance among...